MANILA: Communist rebels recently harassed a countryside development caravan in Albay but failed to disrupt the activity, the military said yesterday.
Lt Col Domingo Gobway, acting spokesman of the Armed Forces Southern Luzon Command, said the caravans were held in five villages of Camalig town and involved different agencies.
“Soldiers and other government agencies that joined the caravan were harassed with gunshots at Barangay Manilala, Camalig, Albay but still went on with the activity after government security immediately pursued the rebels,” he said.
No one was reported hurt during the incident.
Southern Luzon Command chief Lt Gen Caesar Ordoyo said they are prepared to thwart efforts by the rebels to disrupt development in the region.
Indian shot dead in Norte
BAGUIO CITY: An Indian national was ambushed and killed on Tuesday along the national highway in barangay Lang-ayan, Currimao town in Ilocos Norte.
Jaswinder Singh, 38, a resident of Barangay Cangrunaan, Batac City, was on his way to Ilocos Sur aboard a car with his cousin — Amarinder Singh —at around 11am on Tuesday when gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire.
Singh who was rushed to the nearest hospital in Batac City sustained multiple bullet wounds on his body while his cousin was unhurt. The identity of the suspects and the motive of the attack are being determined by police.
Rebels face court for attack
NORTH COTABATO: Authorities vowed to prosecute the leaders of the bandits that attacked Midsayap town on Monday and held dozens of civilian hostage and beheaded a farmer.
Col Dickson Hermoso, spokesman of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said their intelligence units are ready to help the Midsayap police office document the latest attack of the BIFF to build the case against the group’s leaders.
“But the 6th ID can only help build criminal cases against them. It’s the police that will spearhead their prosecution based on evidence and testimonies of people that witnessed how they terrorized several farming communities in Midsayap and how they killed innocent civilians there,” Hermoso said.
Agencies
